Xiyue Wang, the Princeton graduate imprisoned in Iran on suspicion of spying, has now been released and will return to the United States. International Science Council (ISC) President Daya Reddy had previously called for an end to Wang’s imprisonment in an open letter emphasising the importance of scientific freedom.
10.12.2019
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) opened its 40th anniversary with a Symposium, which showcased the many successes of the community over the last four decades, and highlighted some of the challenges and opportunities that climate science faces now and will face in the future.
09.12.2019
The report documents the independent mid-term formative review of the International Science Council (ISC) Urban Health and Wellbeing programme.
06.12.2019
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) begins today in Madrid, Spain.
02.12.2019
The International Science Council has been invited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to nominate experts to serve on the Editorial Board of the IPCC Emission Factor Database (EFDB) [1], coordinated by the IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI).
02.12.2019
The prize is open to works in comparative studies from all social science disciplines. It is given to a submission deemed by the Jury to be a substantial and original contribution in comparative social science research.
31.10.2019
Is there a diversity issue in international science prizes? We explore this issue and ask our members and the scientific community to share their ideas by taking our online survey.
21.10.2019
The University of Bergen (UiB) and the International Science Council have signed a new agreement for the Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP), with an eye on co-designed processes of knowledge construction.
15.10.2019
The International Science Council Governing Board meet this week in Beijing, China, where members of the Board will participate in events bringing together key stakeholders from research and development in China and across the world.
15.10.2019
What is the lived experience of informal settlement dwellers, and what are their actual needs? This is the crux of a LIRA project that is centering on community voices to guide proposed policy change.
14.10.2019
